Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club
CAARC Sept. general meeting
Sep 14th
The next CAARC general meeting will be Wednesday Sept. 16, 2020 07:30pm on the CAARC VE6QE repeater system. Everyone welcome.
Correction in Club Name to Use
Jul 2nd
Would you post the following for me? I seem to be caught in an endless loop of verifying myself.
John
Correction in Club Name to Use
CAARC Participation in 2020 ARRL Field Day`
Garry VE6CIA told me first. When we use the web applet to report our results, when filling in Club/Group Name, when we start typing “Central Alberta”, a list of possible completions is presented. One of the choices is Central Alberta ARC. Go with that, don’t fight it! Then the ARRL will add our individual scores to derive our club score.
John VA6SJA
NET CONTROL DATE SLOTS CHANGE
Jul 2nd
Please check your time slot for net control as Jayne VA6JML has requested to be temporarily removed.
Also please download a new copy of the suggested net script.
Thanks
Bob
CAARC Net Controller
CAARC Raffle
Jun 22nd
Congratulations to Ernest VE6EC for winning the $500 and Jeff VA6JL for winning the $200 CAARC raffle draw Sunday.
K6KPH Unable to Handle Field Day Transmissions for West Coast
Jun 19th
I received this bulletin from the ARRL. For anyone who was planning to copy the Field Day Bulletin in Morse Code or in digital and hoping for the transmissions from K6KPH as a backup as is possible in most years. K6KPH will not be on the air this Field Day.
John
From: ARRL Web site
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2020 5:51 PM
To: john
Subject: ARLX008 K6KPH Unable to Handle June 20 West Coast Qualifying Run or Field Day Transmissions for West Coast
On Air Meeting – CAARC Participation in 2020 ARRL Field Day
Jun 14th
Comments and questions about small groups participating in Field Day.- final opportunity for discussion.
Wednesday June 17, 2020 at 19:00 hrs MDT
On CAARC repeater network VE6QE, VE6VHF and VE6UK. You may link if you wish.
What do you wish to discuss?
John VA6SJA will start the meeting at 1900 hrs.
VE6GHP ESTATE FOR SALE
Jun 14th
Click pictures for description
Contact Garry VE6CIA for more information
email—ve6cia at gmail dot com
phone—three four three one nine three zero.
Be sure to check both pages!
Now Let’s Just Do It!
Jun 13th
CAARC Participation in 2020 ARRL Field Day
In case you need a break from the writing style of this series:
Listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDMTmDMXbJI , they actually have harnesses on, but his platform couid make you jealous.
Et pour André, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxdKQyaxSCY
Now :
- Choose your class
- Choose which bonuses you will apply for, if any
- Do preparatory steps for any bonuses
- Choose your logging system
- Check out all radio and power apparatus that you plan to use
- Friday evening, June 26, try for the W!AW bulletin if you choose (or catch any transmission that weekend)
- On air Field Day starts at 12 noon MDT Saturday June 27
- Operate at your discretion
- Remember documentation of any bonuses.
- Make your band-mode lists of QSOs made
- Prepare and submit your entry report
In all cases when you find a conflict between this advice and ARRL rules or advice, use what the ARRL says! Some mistakes or stale rules may have crept in to these descriptions.
Another video about Field Day Planning is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W48NZVngQ6A .
This series has been an attempt to describe operating in Field Day. We hope you have found it informative and that it my have helped you decide to participate this June 27 and 28. Tell us if it has been helpful.
In the immortal words of Porky Pig, “That’s all folks!”
Background, official rules, and many hints can be found at http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2020/2020%20Field%20Day%20Packet(1).pdf .
ARRL’s official Field Day site is http://www.arrl.org/field-day .
Comments or questions to Paul VA6MPM (find his email on QRZ.com), or John VA6SJA, va6sja@rac.ca .
John VA6SJA and Paul VA6MPM
Logging for Field Day
Jun 13th
CAARC Participation in 2020 ARRL Field Day`
Keeping accurate log of your Field Day QSOs is important.
You may log on paper. ARRL provides Log Sheets to download at http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2019/2019%20FD%20Log%20Sheet.pdf .
When you are reporting, the ARRL asks for a “Dupe Sheet”, they can be downloaded from http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2019/2018-Field-Day-2-page-dupesheet.pdf . You can print them double sided on 8 1/2×11” paper. You could use one for each expected band-mode on which you will operate. In contests before computer logging was/is applied, dupe sheets were used to quickly see if a particular station had been worked. That would save time and probably lead to higher scores for all stations, because a second contact on the same band mode between two stations does not increase the score. So, enter the QSO in the log, then quickly enter the call sign in the dupe sheet under the appropriate heading. At the end of the Field Day period count up all the call signs of station worked in each band-mode for competing your station report. It is probably better to work directly on the log sheet rather than use scratch paper, you can strike through “busted” contacts but you won’t forget and won’t need time to transcribe at the end.
Michael KB9VBR states that logging on paper gets “really cumbersome” if you make more than 50 QSOs in his presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W48NZVngQ6A about preparing for Field Day. He is suggesting computer logging if you expect more. He is expecting to use the N3FJP ARRL Field Day Contest Log Software.
Contest logging programs check for Duplicate.
Submitting Your Entry
Jun 13th
CAARC Participation in 2020 ARRL Field Day`
Contribute to the CAARC accumulated Field Day score! When submitting your entry to the ARRL, making sure that you state “Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club” in the space for “Club”. Each participating station will have to submit its own entry.
Submitting Your Entry
When you submit your entry to the ARRL it gets published in QST with stations of the same class. It is a way of saying, “I was there.” It also helps the ARRL count the numbers of participating stations and amateurs.
During the Field Day Period, just concentrate on making an accurate log of any completed Field Day QSO including the time completed and on completing any bonus activities that you have decided to participate in. ARRL prefers that we provide a list of stations worked by band/mode during the Field Day period (dupe sheet or an alpha/numeric list sorted by band and mode or alternately a Cabrillo Log) (Note: Some logging software will create this list). Now count the QSOs in each list. Here is a scrap of an early form of the Dupe Sheet submitted for Field Day Station VE6QE for 2019 (prepared by N3FJP Field Day Log program):
